
The Original and quite possibly the best. There are strap options, too, and, of course, given its role in the watch, the El Primero gets its moment in the sun through a gaping sapphire case back. There were two things that were wrong with the. I have to say initial quality was sketchy. My AD informed me that I was one of the first in Canada to get the steel bracelet version of the watch. Cool as that was and is, it’s an acquired taste, so the new collection has a more mainstream three-link bracelet design. Thought I'd give a quick one year long term review of my Zenith Original Chronomaster 38mm. The 1960s model had a laddered design created by specialist Gay Frères, as seen on some of Zenith’s Chronomaster Revival models recently. Not that there aren’t critiques, and not that a review can’t be a full-on gushfest. One area of difference is the bracelet design. Wrist Time Reviews Watch Review: Zenith Chronomaster Open Febru15 by Mike Razak I’ve struggled to write this review because I’ve struggled to find flaws with the Zenith Chronomaster Open.

Despite the level of detail, and that its squeezed into a relatively small dial by modern chronograph standards, the read-out is fabulously well balanced and, dare I say it, far clearer than on the Chronomaster Sport. The inner of these still shows 100 segments, now used to break down the ten seconds it takes for the red hand to complete a full tour of the dial the outer, once a tachymeter, now shows the tenths of a second.

New to the design is how the two scales around the outside edge of the dial are used.
